News & Commentary

An interview with Father Jim Lehman of Holy Family Church in Las Cruces

Here we go again. After a certified nurse midwife prescribed misoprostol for her patient in preparation for an IUD insertion, she received a phone call from the pharmacist on duty asking for assurance that the medication wouldn’t be used for abortion because of his personal beliefs against it.

No one should ever have to wait to receive the healthcare they need to save their life because of the religious beliefs of someone else. 

Denying people healthcare because of who they are causes serious harm. Check out our video with a New Mexico healthcare provider who has seen the consequences of denial firsthand.

An Interview with the Rev. Liz McMaster

An Interview with ACLU-NM Attorney Erin Armstrong on the Supreme Court’s Decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado

When Susan was three months into her first pregnancy, her doctor delivered the kind of news every expectant mother hopes never to hear. And yet the worst was not over.

The ACLU’s Fight to Protect Reproductive Rights Where the Rubber Meets the Road

 Tamesha Means was 18 weeks pregnant with her third child when her water broke. She rushedto the nearest hospital, which is operated by Mercy Health Partners in Muskegon, Michigan. The pregnancy was not viable. Ending the pregnancy would have been the safest co